The AFI is the American Film Institute and in 1998 the members of the Institute voted for the best 100 films of the first 100 years of the medium.
1998
1. Citizen Kane 1941
2. Casablanca 1942
3. The Godfather 1972
4. Gone with the Wind 1939
5. Lawrence of Arabia 1962
6. The Wizard of Oz 1939
7. The Graduate 1967
8. On the Waterfront 1954
9. Schindler's List 1993
10. Singin' in the Rain 1952
11. It's a Wonderful Life 1946
12. Sunset Blvd. 1950
13. The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
14. Some Like It Hot 1959
15. Star Wars 1977
16. All About Eve 1950
17. The African Queen 1951
18. Psycho 1960
19. Chinatown 1974
20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
Ten years later in 2008 the members voted again and the order changed a bit because calling something the best film is very much a matter of opinion.
2008
1. Citizen Kane 1941
2. The Godfather 1972
3. Casablanca 1942
4. Raging Bull 1980
5. Singin' in the Rain 1952
6. Gone with the Wind 1939
7. Lawrence of Arabia 1962
8. Schindler's List 1993
9. Vertigo 1958
10. The Wizard of Oz 1939
11. City Lights 1931
12. The Searchers 1956
13. Star Wars 1977
14. Psycho 1960
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
16. Sunset Boulevard 1950
17. The Graduate 1967
18. The General 1927
19. On the Waterfront 1954
20. It's a Wonderful Life 1946
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